- Date
- May 2, 1971
- Place
- Conestee, SC · CONESTEE, SC
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3194KCessna 421A
- Status
- Completed · report October 13, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 132967
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0099 71/5/2 CONESTEE,SC CESSNA 421A CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 55, 4140 TIME - 1500 N3194K PX- 3 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DONALDSON CENTER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CONESTEE,SC GREENVILLE,SC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB STALL: MUSH IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- ACFT OBSVD L TURN NOSE HI,DSCNDD INTO TREES.ENGS APPEARED RUNNING LOW RPM.BLOOD ALCOHOL LVL.183PCT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3194K
- Reported as
- Cessna 421A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Donaldson Center
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